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Magnolia species found in Haiti for first time in 97 years

A conservation team has rediscovered a native magnolia tree in a forest in Haiti for the first time since 1925.

The northern Haiti magnolia ( Magnolia emarginata) was found originally in the forest of Morne Colombo, which has been destroyed by deforestation. It featured on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list of threatened species, but its discovery has sparked hope for the potential rewilding of Haiti’s forests.

A team from the Haiti National Trust travelled to Massif du Nord, Haiti’s longest mountain range, where they took the first photos ever captured of the plant. They soon discovered 16 flowering trees, along with juvenile plants.

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